Then it may be possible to buy the ride at Gröna Lund, pay the fee for football school or finally buy that Christmas present that is at the top of the wish list, says S leader Magdalena Andersson in connection with her summer speech.
Child benefit is currently SEK 1,250 per child. The S promise means that an extra child benefit is paid twice a year, in December before the Christmas holidays and in June before the summer holidays. The multiple-child supplement in child benefit is not covered by the S promise.
Andersson and the party's economic policy spokesperson Mikael Damberg point out that recent years have been tough for families with children, with soaring food prices, higher rents and more expensive mortgages.
It is absurd that the current government has not prioritised an increase in child benefit, says Andersson.
The S promise means that the extra child and student allowance payments will be made permanent.
M warns
Finance Minister Elisabeth Svantesson (M) warns that Sweden needs to raise taxes to finance its election promise, which is estimated to cost the treasury approximately six billion kronor.
Damberg says that S has long included a child benefit increase in its budget motions.
In the financing for various initiatives in last autumn's motion, S said no to the government's latest strengthened earned income tax credit for incomes over SEK 66,750. It also proposed a reduction in the earned income tax credit for very high incomes and a bank tax.
Gave summer speech
The summer speech was held at Mosebacke Terrace in Stockholm, where Andersson was accompanied by musician Eva Dahlgren, who gave a keynote address.
The S leader said that her focus as Sweden's possible next prime minister will be to boost the economy, combat unemployment, strengthen household finances, protect security and strengthen welfare.
She repeated well-known election promises such as abolishing the waiting period deduction for sick leave from work, making it cheaper to pick up medication, and improving pensions.
S wants to increase state subsidies to municipalities and regions in line with inflation. This will, for example, contribute to a reform for smaller school classes for the youngest children.
The opposition has had a clear lead in recent opinion polls, but Andersson warned her supporters not to take victory for granted.
"Our opponents will label us. Call us traitors," she says.
They will put all their energy into lying about our policies, who we are and what we stand for.
